because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the ca
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will yo
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to wa
Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name h
So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation,
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the ear
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of you
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high p
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I ha
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted unt
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your p
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LOR
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and s
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daught
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror
Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of I
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daug
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning o
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them,
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to